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The latest team in the Hockey East driver’s seat is now Northeastern. Last weekend, the Huskies swept one of the hottest teams in hockey, Maine, to extend their own hot streak to 7-0-2 (photo: Melissa Wade).
Mel Pearson was singing on his radio show this week. After the Wolverines swept the Golden Gophers at Mariucci Arena for the first time since 1977 – the first sweep of the Gophers anywhere since 1991 – why wouldn’t he be singing? (photo: Jim Rosvold/USCHO.com)
By the time 12th-ranked Western Michigan arrives at St. Cloud State’s National Hockey Center later this week, WMU will have had 15 days to prepare for the top-ranked Huskies.
The Michigan Tech Huskies are used to the long bus rides from the Upper Peninsula to Detroit. It’s a trip they’ve made every year since 1965 for the Great Lakes Invitational.
It’s no secret that non-league play hasn’t been kind to Hockey East this season. For the most part, we can tally up which teams have been successful out of conference and which teams simply have not.
The Providence Friars, led by freshman Maureen Murphy and senior Brooke Boquist are seeking an NCAA bid, a big turnaround from Boquist’s freshman year, when the team won six games.
Teams from the CCC, including University of New England, Salve Regina, and Endicott, reflect the conference’s strength.
Internet stardom hasn’t affect Zach Doering and his drive to help Concordia contend for the MIAC crown.
St. Thomas may not be as deep as in the past, but the team is ready for a critical series this weekend with Gustavus Adolphus.
The Big Ten has its fair share of streaks going on right now. Notre Dame has won 15 games in a row and has risen to the top of the national rankings and Ohio State has won six in a row, but don’t forget about Penn State.
Harvard played at home last weekend for the first time since Nov. 4, a nine-game span that was the longest road trip in program history. Harvard traveled to five different states and went 3-5-1 during that stretch.
Thanks to some scheduling quirks, Robert Morris is in the middle of a stretch where it will play one game in 19 days.
The Falcons powered their way to the championship of the Great Lakes Invitational, had a trio of players honored with WCHA weekly honors, and started checking off boxes that could be lining the road for the first NCAA tournament bid since 1990.
The second half starts in earnest this weekend. Our writers pick the games. A battle between No. 8 Adrian and No. 8 Utica is among the highlights.
Women’s columnist Nicole Haase looks at the conference races as the second half starts in earnest, and also considers the potential Patty Kazmaier Award nominees.
At first glance on paper, the Northeastern-American International game last Saturday probably seemed like a sure bet.
As the second half of the season begins, Michigan and Michigan State languish at the bottom of the Big Ten standings and given the landscape of this year’s conference, there is little chance that either team will climb much above where it already sits.
For the Omaha Mavericks, who currently sit at the bottom of the NCHC standings, consistency has been an issue this season.
To say the first half the 2017-18 season was rough for St. Lawrence is an understatement.
While last weekend’s tough 4-3 loss in the championship game of the Middlebury Classic ended a nine-game unbeaten streak for Oswego, the Lakers are still on solid footing entering their own tournament this weekend with a 9-2-1 record and room to grow as a team in the second half, according to coach Ed Gosek. “We … Read more